Islamabad goes 69 points down to 301 on World Crime Index.

Byline: Tahir Niaz

ISLAMABAD -- Pakistan's capital city, Islamabad has been ranked 301 on Crime Index by City-2020 with having been allotted 28.63 points on the Crime Index and 71.37 points on the Safety Index.

Pakistan was listed 232nd on the index last year. The capital left behind Washington DC USA, Paris and Lyon in France, Moscow in Russia, Frankfurt in Germany, and Boston in the USA when it comes to lesser crime rate in the cities.

The Crime Index by City-2020 which is published periodically lists Caracas, Venezuela atop the Crime Index rank with having 84.90 points on Crime Index and 15.10 on Safety Index followed by Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea with 83.58 points on the Crime Index and 16.42 points on the Safety Index.

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates remains the most secure city of the 374 ranked cities of the world when it comes to crime rate with having 11.33 points on Crime Index and 88.67 points on the Safety Index followed by Doha, the capital city of Qatar having 88.52 Safety Index points.

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